Francisco Urdinez is an assistant professor at the Political Science Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He received his PhD joint-degree from the University of São Paulo and King’s College London in the field of International Relations. Urdinez researches issues related to International Political Economy, with a focus on emerging powers, particularly Brazil and China. Before being appointed assistant professor in Chile, he was a scholar at the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and a researcher at CAENI.

Urdinez was an event speaker at the Dialogue.